County school board approves administrators

Published: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at 3:06 p.m.

Last Modified: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at 3:06 p.m.

Several schools in Davidson County will have new administrators next school year.

The county board of education unanimously approved positions Tuesday morning at a special called meeting. The positions will become effective July 1.

Kelli Goins Dalton, principal of Brier Creek Elementary School, will move to E. Lawson Brown Middle School to replace principal Randy Holmes. Holmes was approved at a previous school board meeting as the new principal of Hasty Elementary to succeed Jane Withers, who retired. Dalton is on a continuing contract.

Dalton joined the school system in 1999 at Davis-Townsend Elementary School as a teacher and was later a media coordinator. She served as a principal fellow administrative intern at Davis-Townsend and Southwood Elementary schools. She was an assistant principal at Brown from 2008-09 and then went to Brier Creek as lead administrator.

She earned a human relations degree with a minor in business from High Point University, a master's in teaching from Salem College and master's of school administration from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

James Ellis Sparks Jr., assistant principal at East Davidson High School, will become principal of South Davidson Middle School to replace Loretta Fulbright, who is retiring. Sparks is on a continuing contract.

Sparks received a sociology degree from State University of New York and a master's in educational leadership from The City University of New York. His previous roles were chief instructor of military science for the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, operations sergeant with the U.S. Army Special Forces Company, teacher and instructional leader for an alternative middle school. He was the assistant principal at High Point Central High School from 2007-09 until he went to EDHS.

Sparks' position will be replaced by Patrick Kemp Smith. He has been a teacher at Ledford High School since 2003. He has a mathematics degree and master's in educational leadership both from HPU. Smith is on a two-year contact.

NDHS teacher Melanie C. Donithan will also be an assistant principal at EDHS. A vacancy was open due to a retirement. Donithan has a two-year contact.

She taught in Statesville from 2007-2012 and came to NDHS in 2012. Donithan has an English degree from Radford University and a master's in school administration from Gardner-Webb University.

EDHS teacher Kimberly Welch will become an assistant principal at Central Davidson High School on a two-year contract. Welch is filling a vacancy of an administrator who took an academically or intellectually gifted lead position.

Welch's career with the system begin in 1999. She has taught at Central Davidson and Brown middle schools and EDHS. She has a math degree from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, a master's in school administration from Western Carolina University and a master's in educational leadership from HPU.

Patricia N. Boehm was approved as the beginning teacher coordinator with a four-year contract. She has an education degree from Miami University in Ohio and a master's in school administration from HPU.

Boehm's teaching career started in 2000. She joined the county school system in 2006 as a teacher at Wallburg Elementary School. From 2009-10, she was an assistant principal at Reeds and Tyro elementary schools. In 2010, she was the elementary district lead teacher until 2012 when she became the elementary curriculum and instruction facilitator.

The board removed interim from Keri Beth Lovell's position as assistant principal at both Southmont and Churchland elementary schools. She is on a continuing contract.

In other news, the board scheduled its next meeting for 5 p.m. June 27 at the administrative office.

Deneesha Edwards can be reached at 249-3981, ext. 213, or at deneesha.edwards@the-dispatch.com.

<p>Several schools in Davidson County will have new administrators next school year.</p><p>The county board of education unanimously approved positions Tuesday morning at a special called meeting. The positions will become effective July 1.</p><p>Kelli Goins Dalton, principal of Brier Creek Elementary School, will move to E. Lawson Brown Middle School to replace principal Randy Holmes. Holmes was approved at a previous school board meeting as the new principal of Hasty Elementary to succeed Jane Withers, who retired. Dalton is on a continuing contract.</p><p>Dalton joined the school system in 1999 at Davis-Townsend Elementary School as a teacher and was later a media coordinator. She served as a principal fellow administrative intern at Davis-Townsend and Southwood Elementary schools. She was an assistant principal at Brown from 2008-09 and then went to Brier Creek as lead administrator.</p><p>She earned a human relations degree with a minor in business from High Point University, a master's in teaching from Salem College and master's of school administration from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.</p><p>James Ellis Sparks Jr., assistant principal at East Davidson High School, will become principal of South Davidson Middle School to replace Loretta Fulbright, who is retiring. Sparks is on a continuing contract.</p><p>Sparks received a sociology degree from State University of New York and a master's in educational leadership from The City University of New York. His previous roles were chief instructor of military science for the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, operations sergeant with the U.S. Army Special Forces Company, teacher and instructional leader for an alternative middle school. He was the assistant principal at High Point Central High School from 2007-09 until he went to EDHS.</p><p>Sparks' position will be replaced by Patrick Kemp Smith. He has been a teacher at Ledford High School since 2003. He has a mathematics degree and master's in educational leadership both from HPU. Smith is on a two-year contact.</p><p>NDHS teacher Melanie C. Donithan will also be an assistant principal at EDHS. A vacancy was open due to a retirement. Donithan has a two-year contact.</p><p>She taught in Statesville from 2007-2012 and came to NDHS in 2012. Donithan has an English degree from Radford University and a master's in school administration from Gardner-Webb University. </p><p>EDHS teacher Kimberly Welch will become an assistant principal at Central Davidson High School on a two-year contract. Welch is filling a vacancy of an administrator who took an academically or intellectually gifted lead position. </p><p>Welch's career with the system begin in 1999. She has taught at Central Davidson and Brown middle schools and EDHS. She has a math degree from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, a master's in school administration from Western Carolina University and a master's in educational leadership from HPU.</p><p>Patricia N. Boehm was approved as the beginning teacher coordinator with a four-year contract. She has an education degree from Miami University in Ohio and a master's in school administration from HPU.</p><p>Boehm's teaching career started in 2000. She joined the county school system in 2006 as a teacher at Wallburg Elementary School. From 2009-10, she was an assistant principal at Reeds and Tyro elementary schools. In 2010, she was the elementary district lead teacher until 2012 when she became the elementary curriculum and instruction facilitator.</p><p>The board removed interim from Keri Beth Lovell's position as assistant principal at both Southmont and Churchland elementary schools. She is on a continuing contract.</p><p>In other news, the board scheduled its next meeting for 5 p.m. June 27 at the administrative office.</p><p>Deneesha Edwards can be reached at 249-3981, ext. 213, or at deneesha.edwards@the-dispatch.com.</p>